The Tories completely mishandled the AIDS crisis
Recently we have all been hooked on the hit Channel 4 series, It’s A Sin. Capturing the life of Ritchie Tozer and his friends who navigate life in London during the AIDS crisis. However, Ritchie and his pals are all impacted in some way by HIV, reflecting how LGBTQ+ people disproportionately suffered because of the UK’s blatant mishandling of the crisis, under ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher.
At the time of the epidemic, the very idea of accepting gay people was nothing like how normal it is now. Despite this being 20 years after the Stonewall riots, Thatcher’s sentiments and bigotry demonised gay people and normalised shaming them into social isolation. Since the epidemic began to the present day, 32 million people have died of AIDS and still today, adequate LGBTQ+ sex education is not mandatory across all of the UK.
Joanna Cherry, a prominent SNP MP, has been sacked from the party s frontbench in Westminster.
Ms Cherry, widely tipped as a future SNP leadership challenger to Nicola Sturgeon and an ally of previous leader Alex Salmond, said she had been removed from her role despite hard work, results & a strong reputation .
The QC, who has been involved in an internal party row over gender recognition and trans rights, delivered a parting shot as she said the SNP needs to radically rethink our strategy .
The move was announced by Ian Blackford, the SNP s Westminster leader, as part of a wider reshuffle as he said team working and cooperation are key to ensure results and this reshuffle will give us a strong team to take us forward .
Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to tackle transphobia within the SNP if it exists, insisting she takes on “bigotry” whenever she encounters it.
She was asked during First Minister’s Questions on Thursday whether her Government has broken its promises to transgender and nonbinary people.
It came after she tweeted a video message on the issue, following reports of significant numbers of people leaving the SNP because they do not consider it to be a safe and tolerant place for trans people.
In the message posted on Wednesday evening, which she said was not scripted but “comes from my heart”, Ms Sturgeon said she does not care if people accuse her of being woke and there should be a zero-tolerance approach to transphobia.
Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to tackle transphobia within the SNP if it exists, insisting she takes on “bigotry” whenever she encounters it.
She was asked during First Minister’s Questions on Thursday whether her Government has broken its promises to transgender and nonbinary people.
It came after she tweeted a video message on the issue, following reports of significant numbers of people leaving the SNP because they do not consider it to be a safe and tolerant place for trans people.
In the message posted on Wednesday evening, which she said was not scripted but “comes from my heart”, Ms Sturgeon said she does not care if people accuse her of being woke and there should be a zero-tolerance approach to transphobia.
Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to tackle transphobia within the SNP if it exists, insisting she takes on “bigotry” whenever she encounters it.
She was asked during First Minister’s Questions on Thursday whether her Government has broken its promises to transgender and nonbinary people.
It came after she tweeted a video message on the issue, following reports of significant numbers of people leaving the SNP because they do not consider it to be a safe and tolerant place for trans people.
In the message posted on Wednesday evening, which she said was not scripted but “comes from my heart”, Ms Sturgeon said she does not care if people accuse her of being woke and there should be a zero-tolerance approach to transphobia.